Grand Art at the Grand Hyatt

From the modern eclecticism of New York's Gramercy Park to the surreal Chihuly glass installations in The Bellagio at Las Vegas to the contemporary artistry at Verona's Byblos Art and Hongkong's Langham Place, hospitality marries art in a form so fluid, the overall experience is heightened simply by the aesthetic elements of it.

Closer home, the Grand Hyatt Mumbai's fine collections of commissioned art evoke that same visual experience which seasoned travelers, art aficionados and the occasional weary businessman find comforting, in the midst of a bustling concrete metropolis.

With Rajeev Sethi (an honoree of the Padma Bhushan and Presidential honor of India) as the curator, the art of the hotel is, at its core, an homage to the mythological and contemporary presence of Lord Shiva; ergo, true to Shiva's embodiment, the art is an interplay of contrasts –between Tranquility & Agitation, Love & Wrath and Creation & Destruction.

The core theme is projected through inspirations from Mumbai's three great archaeological sites (Elephanta Islands, Jogeshwar cave temple and Mandapeshwar). Through art, being perhaps the most intransient thing there is, silent sentinels of that era have been fused into a modern day space at the Grand Hyatt, showcasing over a hundred commissioned artworks by both established and upcoming artists, from the hotel's gardens and lobbies to the restaurants, each unique to its own. That adds up, truly, to a hotel unique in its own right.